Sam Tobin-Hochstadt
@samth.bsky.social
Associate Professor, IU Computer Science ·
Core Developer, @racketlang.bsky.social ·
Member, TC39 ·
Handler, Gravymaker ·
Bike Advocate, Bloomington IN
Core Developer, @racketlang.bsky.social ·
Member, TC39 ·
Handler, Gravymaker ·
Bike Advocate, Bloomington IN
All of our city council meetings start with a "land & labor" ackn (including both the usual land one and a mention of enslaved people who helped build the city). Many colleagues have one in their email footer (a concept that should simply be eliminated).
November 14, 2025 at 8:41 PM
All of our city council meetings start with a "land & labor" ackn (including both the usual land one and a mention of enslaved people who helped build the city). Many colleagues have one in their email footer (a concept that should simply be eliminated).
I don't know if my kids felt snug but definitely the other two.
November 13, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I don't know if my kids felt snug but definitely the other two.
Yeah a big part of the answer has to be giving up on mixed-use and just building more apartments on the ground floor. But smaller spaces need to be part of it.
November 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Yeah a big part of the answer has to be giving up on mixed-use and just building more apartments on the ground floor. But smaller spaces need to be part of it.
Sure but "too-big retail spaces in new 5-over-1s" seems like a theme everywhere, not just in Indiana.
November 13, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Sure but "too-big retail spaces in new 5-over-1s" seems like a theme everywhere, not just in Indiana.
Too-large retail spaces.
November 13, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Too-large retail spaces.
I recently saw a suggestion that this is partly about ADA issues. Do you know if that's true?
November 13, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I recently saw a suggestion that this is partly about ADA issues. Do you know if that's true?
That's true but what connection do you think that has to the point I was making?
November 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
That's true but what connection do you think that has to the point I was making?
I genuinely don't know what point you're trying to make here.
November 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I genuinely don't know what point you're trying to make here.
The dispute is fundamentally between people who think saying the latter is necessary for understanding the present, and people who think saying the latter is a sign you secretly think the former.
November 10, 2025 at 3:29 PM
The dispute is fundamentally between people who think saying the latter is necessary for understanding the present, and people who think saying the latter is a sign you secretly think the former.
I feel like desire to reopen the government because the shutdown is hurting people and general love of deals are both major factors.
November 10, 2025 at 3:56 AM
I feel like desire to reopen the government because the shutdown is hurting people and general love of deals are both major factors.
My city council has been having a lot of debates about this; it's totally cursed.
November 7, 2025 at 4:23 PM
My city council has been having a lot of debates about this; it's totally cursed.
It's notable (and depressing) that OpenAI got rid of the model (4o) that killed this kid, and then brought it back because of customer outrage.
November 7, 2025 at 3:41 AM
It's notable (and depressing) that OpenAI got rid of the model (4o) that killed this kid, and then brought it back because of customer outrage.
I think the biggest factor is the enormous desire on the part of everyone to do the thing. There's a reason that doctors and medicine vastly predate their ability to actually help; education research is the same.
November 6, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I think the biggest factor is the enormous desire on the part of everyone to do the thing. There's a reason that doctors and medicine vastly predate their ability to actually help; education research is the same.
But lobe-finned fish has the same problem as "fish" as a category -- it's not monophyletic unless it includes my cat.
November 4, 2025 at 4:09 PM
But lobe-finned fish has the same problem as "fish" as a category -- it's not monophyletic unless it includes my cat.
My impression is that biologists in fact use that definition, but I'm open to correction -- what is a more commonly used one?
November 4, 2025 at 11:22 AM
My impression is that biologists in fact use that definition, but I'm open to correction -- what is a more commonly used one?
I'm confused, the definition I gave doesn't have special consideration for them?
November 4, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I'm confused, the definition I gave doesn't have special consideration for them?
There really are rules that will ban ICE cars in the future in California but it seems very implausible that they are relevant to our current politics.
November 3, 2025 at 3:09 AM
There really are rules that will ban ICE cars in the future in California but it seems very implausible that they are relevant to our current politics.
It's true that this definition will probably hurt Tiktaalik's feelings but since he's been extinct for 300 million years we don't have to care. :)
(Incidentally Tiktaalik is a cool animal that I only learned about thanks to having kids who like dinosaurs.)
(Incidentally Tiktaalik is a cool animal that I only learned about thanks to having kids who like dinosaurs.)
November 3, 2025 at 2:32 AM
It's true that this definition will probably hurt Tiktaalik's feelings but since he's been extinct for 300 million years we don't have to care. :)
(Incidentally Tiktaalik is a cool animal that I only learned about thanks to having kids who like dinosaurs.)
(Incidentally Tiktaalik is a cool animal that I only learned about thanks to having kids who like dinosaurs.)
I think my son's 2nd grade class would give the same answer as my definition to all of those cases (less sure what they think about eels).
November 2, 2025 at 9:59 PM
I think my son's 2nd grade class would give the same answer as my definition to all of those cases (less sure what they think about eels).
I don't think this is true for fish specifically; "all vertebrates except tetrapods" is a pretty reasonable definition that gets the cases right. It just isn't monophyletic.
November 2, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I don't think this is true for fish specifically; "all vertebrates except tetrapods" is a pretty reasonable definition that gets the cases right. It just isn't monophyletic.
It's certainly true that Harris didn't campaign on it, but the single biggest legislative achievement of the Biden administration was a climate bill. So I think "didn't campaign on it" is a bit disingenuous.
November 1, 2025 at 6:08 PM
It's certainly true that Harris didn't campaign on it, but the single biggest legislative achievement of the Biden administration was a climate bill. So I think "didn't campaign on it" is a bit disingenuous.
If you interpret "rising crime" to mean "unsheltered homelessness and urban disorder" then it makes more sense.
October 30, 2025 at 1:44 AM
If you interpret "rising crime" to mean "unsheltered homelessness and urban disorder" then it makes more sense.